About This Print
It is difficult to tell whether Maekawa's print of what I believe to be the old road, Route 16, up to Mount Akagi is a woodblock print, as no printing artifacts associated with woodblock printing can be seen on either side of the print. It may, however, be a machine printed (press printed) woodblock print.While it likely no longer stands today, the torii pictured on the print may have demarked an entrance to the Shinto shrine on the mountain.
last revision:
The Old Route 16 Going Up to Mount Akagi
image source: screen grab from the video "Mount Akagi Old Road | Route 16"
appearing on the website https://biketourjapan.com/cycling-mount-akagi/
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2563 |
| Title | Going Up Mount Akagi 赤城山上 |
| Series | |
| Artist | Maekawa Senpan (1888-1960) |
| Signature | unsigned |
| Seal |   left: artist's "帆" seal lower right corner right: 前川千帆 (Maekawa Senpan) as printed on the left of the bottom margin |
| Publication Date | undated, likely c. 1930s |
| Edition | |
| Publisher | unknown |
| Carver | self-carved |
| Printer | unknown |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - light toning throughout |
| Genre | sosaku-hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 8 15/16 x 11 9/16 in. (22.7 x 29.4 cm) |
| H x W Image | 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (14 x 19.4 cm) |
| Collections This Print | |
| Reference Literature | |
9/4/2021
8/29/2021 created
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